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A few Power Apps IT knows about beside a long tail of unaccounted apps, each needing a premium licence
Power Platform

Power Platform managed environments: the licence check is already running

Power Platform managed environments now notify unlicensed users, escalating every seven days. The requirement is not new. The enforcement is, and it is live.
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A few Power Apps IT knows about beside a long tail of unaccounted apps, each needing a premium licence
Power Platform

Power Platform managed environments: the licence check is already running

Power Platform managed environments now notify unlicensed users, escalating every seven days. The requirement is not new. The enforcement is, and it is live.
The four Fabric throttling stages from overage protection through interactive delay and rejection to background rejection
Microsoft Fabric

Fabric capacity planning: what to read before you scale

Fabric capacity planning starts with the metrics app, not the purchase order. What to read before scaling up, and why doubling the SKU is
Microsoft 365 E7 at 99 dollars against its components bought separately at 117 dollars, a saving of 18
Copilot & AI

Microsoft 365 E7, or just add Copilot to what you already own?

Microsoft 365 E7 bundles Copilot in. But the list of plans that can add Copilot is far wider than most people assume, and an
Azure management group hierarchy: tenant root above platform, landing zones and sandbox, with vended subscriptions beneath
Azure

Azure landing zone accelerator or custom build: which path fits your team

An Azure landing zone accelerator deploys Microsoft’s reference architecture as code. When that is the right call, when a custom build is, and what
The three stages of a Copilot readiness assessment, with nine in ten tenants failing at least one
Copilot & AI

What a Copilot readiness assessment checks, and why most tenants fail it

A Copilot readiness assessment checks three things: licence and tenant blockers, oversharing exposure, and network readiness. What each one actually finds.
AI Builder seeded credits running level then dropping to zero on 1 November 2026
Power Platform

AI Builder credits end on 1 November 2026, and most estates have not checked

Seeded AI Builder credits are removed on 1 November 2026 and new customers can no longer buy the add-on. What it costs, and how

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